Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by 7 points in New Hampshire
New Hampshire is feeling the Bern. The latest survey from Public Policy Polling shows Bernie Sanders leading the 2016 Democratic field in the Granite State, with 42 percent to Hillary Clinton's 35 percent. (Jim Webb, ever an afterthought, trails them both at 6 percent.)
That's a massive shift in the socialist senator's favor since PPP last took the temperature of this key primary state in April. Back then, Clinton seemed to be crushing everyone.
The new PPP survey is in line with a Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll from earlier this month that also showed Sanders with a seven-point lead over Clinton in New Hampshire.
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Sanders is the most popular candidate on either side of the political field in New Hampshire, where only 12 percent of those polled held a negative opinion of him. The New Yorker has a hypothesis: "Sanders shows the kids what's possible, even if, strictly speaking, it's not feasible yet."
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.
-
Trump boosts gas cars in fuel economy rollbackspeed read Watering down fuel efficiency standards is another blow to former President Biden’s effort to boost electric vehicles
-
Hegseth’s Signal chat put troops in peril, probe findsSpeed Read The defense secretary risked the lives of military personnel and violated Pentagon rules, says new report
-
Trump pardons Texas Democratic congressmanspeed read Rep. Henry Cuellar was charged with accepting foreign bribes tied to Azerbaijan and Mexico
-
GOP wins tight House race in red Tennessee districtSpeed Read Republicans maintained their advantage in the House
-
Trump targets ‘garbage’ Somalis ahead of ICE raidsSpeed Read The Department of Homeland Security will launch an immigration operation targeting Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area
-
Hegseth blames ‘fog of war’ for potential war crimespeed read ‘I did not personally see survivors,’ Hegseth said at a Cabinet meeting
-
Canada joins EU’s $170B SAFE defense fundspeed read This makes it the first non-European Union country in the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative
-
Appeals court disqualifies US Attorney Alina HabbaSpeed Read The former personal attorney to President Donald Trump has been unlawfully serving as US attorney for New Jersey, the ruling says


